These things can happen on a Saturday morning in a 300-resident hamlet cafe, apparently casually.. Please also see the page on the “Communities of Torniella, Piloni, and Scalvaia” under the pibinko.org “Collaborations”, giving some context to this episode.
TO BE TRANSLATED – this is to present a new version of the now historical “branobag” article series, with one song each day. The series is maintained only in Italian, so you may switch to the Italian version of the site and find all the songs using the branobag category “Chi di voi non ricorda … Continue reading Here we go with a new edition of the “branobag” article series
The BuioMetria Partecipativa was born in Spring 2008 in the woods of the Farma Valley, in Southern Tuscany (half way between Siena and Grosseto). While the project as a “local” approach among its priorities, since its first steps it was aiming at national and international connections: Since 2008 the project managed several international relations. Part … Continue reading The BuioMetria Partecipativa project: from the Farma Valley (inner Southern Tuscany) to the HORIZON 2020 programme.
TO BE TRANSLATED La terza giornata del Festival è stata tutto sommato defaticante rispetto alla seconda. Abbiamo avuto la presenza di quattordici delegati del Coordinamento Associazioni Astrofile della Toscana, cui abbiamo avuto modo di presentare alcuni colleghi che non conoscevano, come il presidente della AAT (Associazione Astrofili di Torniella), il presidente della AAPB (Associazione Astrofili … Continue reading Third Farma Valley Winter Fest: Day 3 and Epilogue
Last update 27-11-2018 The Farma Valley Winter Fest started from the collaboration of various professional and volunteer subjects which for over ten years are operating in the area, proposing initiatives for protection and promotion of lesser known assets, and facilitating exchanges and collaboration also outside of the valley in the fields of culture, environment and … Continue reading Formal presentation (kind of)
The Third Farma Valley Winter Fest will host on Dec. 16, 2018 the annual CAAT conference. CAAT stands for “Coordinamento Associazioni Astrofile della Toscana“, i.e. the network of amateur astronomer associations in Tuscany. This comprises some forty associations spread across the region. The local promoter of the venue is pibinko.org, handling for some years now … Continue reading CAAT 2018 conference
A one-page presentation of the pibinko.org network activities, in particular with reference to the collaboration with the Farma Valley, Tuscany, communities and the Metalliferous Hills Jug Band was included in the scene setting presentations of a workshop on Citizen Science and Environmental Monitoring: Benefits and Challenges held on Nov. 21-22 at the Joint Research Centre … Continue reading Nov. 21, 2018: brief Talk on bottom-up Activities at the Workshop on Citizen Science and Environmental Monitoring: Benefits and Challenges
[Last update: Nov 27, 2018] This is the official page for the Third Farma Valley Winter Fest December 14-15-16 2018 …three days of pici, love, and music in Southern Tuscany Details on the event are being gradually disclosed. For more information or inquiries: info@pibinko.org. To check out what happened in the two past editions, see … Continue reading 3rd Farma Valley Winter Fest, 14-16 Dec. 2018 – Southern Tuscany
The case of the Farma Valley Community Map is among 50 examples documented globally in a report about Identifying success factors in crowdsourced geographic information use in government. Pages 54-55 of the report, downloadable here.
After about a year from its first publication (see post), an updated version of the Farma Valley Community Map was published. The creation of the map started in 2014, with points of interest being gradually added to the official 1:10000 base maps, leading to document water springs, old gardens, hunting sites and other toponyms related … Continue reading A new edition for the Farma Valley Community Map